61 Ellwood St

How does 61 Ellwood St compare with other multifamily housing buildings in New York City?

The latest disclosures cover 33,022 multifamily housing buildings in New York City, out of 48,310 buildings citywide. 61 Ellwood St's ENERGY STAR score of 95 compares with an average of 63 across the 22,829 that report a score; it scores higher than 83% of them and lower than 16%. Its site EUI of 81.2 kBtu/ft² is roughly in line with the average of 74.9 kBtu/ft². Its emissions intensity of 5.2 kgCO₂e/ft² is roughly in line with the group average of 5.2 kgCO₂e/ft².

At 52,920 sq ft, it is about half of the average floor area of 100,951 sq ft for those buildings. It was built in 1923, 29 years earlier than the group's average year built (1952). Across all 24 jurisdictions BuildingCensus covers, the 59,945 multifamily housing buildings average an ENERGY STAR score of 70 and a site EUI of 59.0 kBtu/ft².

How has 61 Ellwood St's energy performance changed over time?

BuildingCensus holds 3 New York City disclosures for 61 Ellwood St, covering report years 2022–2024. Its ENERGY STAR score went from 92 in 2022 to 95 in 2024 (+3 points); its best year on file was 2023, at 95. Site EUI moved from 90.6 kBtu/ft² (2022) to 81.2 kBtu/ft² (2024), a 10% decrease. Reported emissions went from 280 tCO₂e to 275 tCO₂e over the same span (down 2%).

What does an ENERGY STAR score of 95 mean?

ENERGY STAR scores run from 1 to 100 and are computed by the EPA's Portfolio Manager as a percentile against similar buildings nationwide, adjusted for climate, size and use: a score of 95 means the building performs better than about 95% of its national peers. BuildingCensus bands the score into report-card grades; 95 falls in band A — high performer (85–100). Scores of 75 or higher meet the threshold for ENERGY STAR certification; certification itself is a separate, verified application that the disclosure does not record. In New York City, 43% of scored buildings are at 75 or above.

Site energy-use intensity (EUI) is the energy a building uses on site in a year divided by its floor area, in thousand Btu per square foot — lower is more efficient. 61 Ellwood St's 81.2 kBtu/ft² across 52,920 sq ft works out to about 4.3 billion Btu (1,259 MWh-equivalent) in 2024. Its source EUI of 110.0 kBtu/ft² also counts the energy lost generating and delivering that power, which is why it is higher. The disclosure also reports 219,957 kWh of electricity, 35,447 therms of natural gas and 4,274 thousand gallons of water for the year.

Which law requires 61 Ellwood St to report its energy use?

61 Ellwood St reports under Local Law 84 (LL84), the legal basis of New York City's Energy and Water Data Disclosure program, which publishes each covered building's annual benchmarking results. The record shown here is the report-year 2024 disclosure (source record nyc:20023356:2024). Under Local Law 97, buildings over 25,000 sq ft face carbon caps with fines of $268 per metric ton of CO₂e over the limit, phasing in from 2024.